Lower middle income vs Malaysia: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Lower middle income
94.00 million
in 2025
Malaysia
8.22 million
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
18th
Malaysia rank
18th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Lower middle income
- Malaysia
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 94.00 million against 8.22 million in Malaysia, a difference of 85.78 million.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 11.4 times Malaysia's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 18th and Malaysia ranks 18th of 47 groups.
Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.13 million | 63,510 | 1.07 million | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 3.15 million | 170,699 | 2.98 million | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 8.51 million | 878,794 | 7.63 million | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 27.40 million | 3.09 million | 24.31 million | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 69.46 million | 6.15 million | 63.31 million | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 71.60 million | 8.16 million | 63.44 million | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Lower middle income or Malaysia?
- Lower middle income, at 94.00 million against 8.22 million in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Lower middle income and Malaysia?
- 85.78 million, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malaysia?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Malaysia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Lower middle income ranks 18th and Malaysia ranks 18th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.